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Omar Gaber
Gaber with Basel in 2016
Personal information
Full name Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back, Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zamalek
Number 4
Youth career
1996–2010 Zamalek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Zamalek 114 (10)
2016–2018 Basel 13 (0)
2018 → Los Angeles (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2022 Pyramids 103 (2)
2021 → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Zamalek 43 (1)
International career‡
2011 Egypt U20 8 (1)
2011–2012 Egypt U23 8 (1)
2011–2022 Egypt 33 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Runner-up 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2023

Omar Mahmoud El Sayed Gaber (Arabic: عمر محمود السيد جابر; born 30 January 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek and mainly as a right-back but also sometimes as a right midfielder.[4]

Club career

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Zamalek

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Gaber played his youth football at Zamalek. In the 2009/10 season he advanced to their first team and soon played for them regularly. On 10 May 2016 it was announced that he would move to Switzerland. Egyptian media reports said Basel will pay Zamalek 1.65 million euros to acquire Gaber's services.[5]

Basel

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In May 2016, FC Basel had reached an agreement with Zamalek to transfer Gaber during the summer transfer window. He was assigned the number 4 shirt.[6] The 24-year-old Gaber became the fourth Egyptian player to join Basel in less than five years, after signing a four-year contract with the Swiss side. On 10 May Basel confirmed the four-year deal.[7][8]

Gaber plays for Basel in 2016

On 1 July 2016 Gaber joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in six test games Gaber played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 24 July 2016 in the 3–0 home win against Sion.[9] Under trainer Urs Fischer Gaber won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season.[10] For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[11] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Gaber played in three cup games.[12]

In the following season Gaber was not gaining much playing time and so the club looked for another solution. On 21 November 2017 Basel announced that Gaber would be loaned out to Los Angeles Football Club so that he could obtain match practice in the North American professional league.[13] Gaber was not to return to the club. During his short period with RotBlau, Gaber played a total of 30 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 13 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, one in the Champions League and ten were friendly games.[14]

Loan to Los Angeles FC

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In January 2018, Gaber joined Los Angeles FC on loan from Basel, with an option of taking over the player on a definitive basis. In his first 6 months Gaber played seven games in the Major League Soccer.

Pyramids FC

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On 12 July 2018, MLS expansion side LAFC picked up their option on making Omar Gaber's loan from FC Basel permanent. Basel confirmed the deal on the same day. [15] However, the club immediately completed his transfer to Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids FC.[16]

Return to Zamalek

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In September 2022, Gaber returned to his parent club Zamalek, by signing a contract until 2025. He won with Zamalek the CAF Confederation Cup in 2024.[17]

International career

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Gaber played his debut for Egypt U20 on 17 April 2011 in the 2–0 victory against Lesotho U20. He represented Egypt at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Gaber played his debut for Egypt U23 on 27 November of the same year in the 1–0 victory against Gabon U23. He played his debut for Egypt in 2011.[18]

In May 2018 he was named in Egypt's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[19]

Career statistics

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International

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Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2022.[18]
Egypt
Year Apps Goals
2011 2 0
2012 0 0
2013 3 0
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 6 0
2017 1 0
2018 3 0
2019 4 1
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
2022 7 0
Total 33 1

International goals

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Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.[18]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 June 2019 Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  Guinea 3–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours

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Zamalek

Basel

References

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  1. ^ "Omar Gaber". whoscored.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Omar Gaber: Verein" [Omar Gaber: Club]. Kicker. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Omar Gaber". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. ^ ahram online (2016). "Zamalek's Omar Gaber completes €1.65 million move to Basel". ahram online. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Basel sign Zamalek's Omar Gaber". King Fut. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ^ FC Basel 1893 (10 May 2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Omar Gaber". FC Basel 1893 signed Omar Gaber (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Tosson, Mohamed (2016). "Omar Gaber: Basel fans' singing reminds me of Egypt". kingfut.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (24 July 2016). "FC Basel - FC Sion 3:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Basel win eighth straight title in Swiss Super League". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2 June 2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". The end of the season in fast motion (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  13. ^ FC Basel 1893 (21 November 2017). "Omar Gaber leihweise zum Los Angeles Football Club". Omar Gaber on loan to Los Angeles Football Club (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Omar Gaber - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  15. ^ FC Basel 1893 (12 July 2018). "Los Angeles FC übernimmt Omar Gaber definitiv". Los Angeles FC will definitely take on Omar Gaber (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "LAFC make Omar Gaber move permanent, transfer him to Pyramids FC". 12 July 2018.
  17. ^ "OFFICIAL: Omar Gaber completes Zamalek return from Pyramids FC". kingfut.com. 24 September 2022.
  18. ^ a b c "Omar Gaber". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  19. ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  20. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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